A BIG Thank you as always to my family & close friends, and: Patricia Aschilier and all my mates @ Schweizer Schreibfrauen, Gianfranco Carozza, Nicola Conforti La Sorgente & Salvatore Conforti, Maria Dea Covella @ Primarschule Olten, Anna Donatiello, Azadeh Eshaghi, Fabrica Vietri, Susanne Gantner, Antonio Gazia @ La Congrega Letteraria, Nicola Guarino @ Cli Niedergösgen-Schönenwerd, Jasmin Jaggi @ Koala-Kinderkrippe Aarau Rohr, Daniel Kölliker @ ONO Bern, Aniello Palumbo, Giovito Russo, Karin Mayerhofer Dobler, Joana Studer @ Primarschule Zofingen, Alexandra Von Arx @ ONO Bern, Michelle Von Däniken @ Primarschule Zofingen. Last but not least to my Co-Producer Werner Strähl; there’s more to come in 2020!

Our annual and 3rd meeting took this time place in Brig/Canton Valais. We met at a restaurant and after lunch we networked about new ideas how to make us more visible. So there will be an anthology of about 20 authors of our association, the release will  probably be early summer 2020! Many thanks to the founder, Patricia Aschillier, for keeping up our „club“!!

Together with Susanne Gantner, Giovito Russo & Daniel Woodtli, we entertained the audience at theater ONO in Bern. Susanne read cutouts of her thriller „One Gloria to die for (Ein Gloria zum Sterben)“, Giovito poetries of „No advertising, please!(Keine Werbung, prego!) and me cutouts of „Haze over Durban (Nebel über Durban). Daniel Woodtli underlined our reading with his trumpet and some other strange instruments I’m not able to define! All in all it was a very good evening and as the Bernese use to say „Es het gfägt!“ (It has swept!). Did you know, that in Bern is used to talk Matten-English?

Susanne Gantner & Giovito Russo

Grazie mille Dir. Nicola Conforti & Salvatore Conforti, per il vostro sostegno in tutti questi anni!

Hi there, my next reading will take place on 2nd October 2019 @ at the well-known cultural local ONO in Bern. For me it’s my second performance in the beautiful Swiss Capital! I’ll be reading some cutouts of my novel „Nebel über Durben/Haze over Durban“. And this time I will join my writing mates Karin Mayerhofer Dobler, Susanne Gantner & Giovito Russo. Our readings will be musically framed by Daniel Woodtli! Presentation by Alexandra Von Arx. More Infos www.onobern.ch

On 22nd of May 19 was the official read out day all over Switzerland, I did my read out as volunteer in the role of a fairy tale auntie one week before. I enjoyed reading Trudi Gerster’s and Sandy Jud’s fairy tales. The kids did a great job, were curious and told me about their young life. I told the kids to be always attentive to what teachers explain and read a lot, because it’s important for their growth.

Many thanks to Maria Dea Covella @ Primary School Olten Bifang, Joana Studer & Michelle von Däniken @ Primary School Zofingen, Jasmin Jaggi @ nursery Kita Koalabär Aarau Rohr & your pupils and toddlers for the warm welcome! Your Thank-You with shiny little eyes was the best applause for me!!!

On this day I’ll do my volounteering in the name of my employeer, as a fairy godmother. I’ll be reading at various nurseries and primary schools, reading out from Trudi Gerster’s „Swiss Fairytales“ and Sandy Jud’s “ Für Dich mein Schatz hat es auch noch Platz“. For safety reasons not mentioned where the readings will took place, thanks for your comprehension.

***L’evento è rimandato dovuto alla tragica scomparsa di Francesco Citarella!***
***The event is postponed due to the tragic loss of Francesco Citarella***
RIP Francesco!

TÈ LETTERARIO con i libri:
„Poesie delle notti bianche“, di Maria Rosaria Amato, Oèdipus Edizioni; e
„La Cartiera“, di Sina Merino, Edizioni Paguro;
Venerdì 22 Marzo, ore 18:30 in Vicolo Passariello n°9 presso Fabrĭca – Vietri sul Mare.
Ne discuterà con le autrici il giornalista Aniello Palumbo.

It has come to the 97th issue of the magazine „La Sorgente“ which is sent out to various countries in the world. Inside there’s a review about my last reading in Italy, exactly in Eboli and a short interview. Grazie mille to the director Nicola Conforti and Salvatore Conforti! I feel very honored!!